PEOPLE v. HOFFMAN

Docket No. 81.

1 Mich. App. 557 (1965)

137 N.W.2d 304

PEOPLE v. HOFFMAN.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Donald L. Reisig, Prosecuting Attorney, and Leo A. Farhat, Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

R. William Reid, for defendant.


T.G. KAVANAGH, J.

On November 9, 1963, the defendant, Charles F. Hoffman, shot and killed Marion Leo Bodo. Charged with first-degree murder, he pleaded self defense, and the jury returned a verdict of second-degree murder.

Defendant appeals, making five assignments of error:

First, defendant claims it was error for the prosecutor to ask defendant on cross-examination if he was presently under arrest for additional offenses.

The defendant admits...

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